the best two books i read in 2001 were

• [no birds sing](http://nocto.com/books/author.htm?last=Bannister&first=Jo#No Birds Sing) by jo bannister

• garnethill by denise mina

  and making up the rest of the pack of my fave reads are
  

• [stone quarry](http://nocto.com/books/author.htm?last=Rozan&first=SJ#Stone Quarry) by sj rozan

• [the bottoms](http://nocto.com/books/author.htm?last=Lansdale&first=Joe%20R#The Bottoms) by joe r lansdale

• [no good deed](http://nocto.com/books/author.htm?last=Scott&first=Manda#No Good Deed) by manda scott

• barking! by liz evans

• [total recall](http://nocto.com/books/author.htm?last=Rozan&first=SJ#Stone Quarry) by sara paretsky

• the hireling’s tale by jo bannister

• [blood junction](http://nocto.com/books/author.htm?last=Carver&first=Caroline#Blood Junction) by caroline carver

• suspicion by barbara rogan

• blackwater by kerstin ekman

• a monstrous regiment of women by laurie r king

• the man who lied to women by carol o’connell